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Blackthorn Golf Club

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4.7
168 Reviews (168)
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Conditions
4.7
Value
4.5
Layout
4.8
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.3
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162 out of 168 reviews
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5.0
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Course Highlights
The course layout consistently earns top marks, with risk-reward holes and a particularly impressive back nine stretch. Greens run fast and true, with overall conditions drawing strong praise from recent visitors.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7136 yards
Slope 136
Rating 74.8
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Tees
Tee Par Length Rating Slope
Blackthorn (Black) 72 7136 yards 74.8 136
Overhead Door (Red) 72 6551 yards 72.0 131
Leprechaun (White) 72 5961 yards 69.5 125
Heather (Purple) 72 5181 yards 70.6 120
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Scorecard for Blackthorn Golf Club
Metrics:
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Black M: 74.6/144 410 336 203 554 465 400 549 183 445 3545 365 448 457 235 436 525 137 454 534 3591 7136
Red M: 71.5/132 390 292 170 518 440 360 518 158 404 3250 324 407 412 200 392 501 134 416 515 3301 6551
Blue M: 69.1/124 365 272 147 484 388 283 494 118 380 2931 302 366 370 174 382 449 117 395 475 3030 5961
White M: 65.6/114 W: 70.6/118 298 199 122 438 342 254 430 90 320 2493 263 325 325 154 324 424 105 353 415 2688 5181
Handicap 5 13 15 1 7 11 9 17 3 12 8 6 18 10 2 16 14 4
Par 4 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 4 36 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 5 36 72
Handicap (W) 9 15 13 3 7 11 1 17 5 14 12 10 16 6 8 18 4 2
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Course Details

Year Built 1994
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dr. Michael Hurdzan (1994) Bill Boswell

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Blackhorn Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

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Snacks

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Clubhouse

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4.7
168 Reviews (168)

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u183373765
Played On
Reviews 173
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

Planes , a few trains and automobiles. ACTUALLY A GREAT LOUD COURSE

A very nice N layout with elevation which surprised me. Top ten in state drew us down here from GRapids. Warren tomorrow. Wife and I enjoyed it very scenic just bring ear plugs, highw noise and lots of jets. Reminds me of Thornapple Pointe GR aka planes, trains and automobiles.

Scored a golfnow deal $64 for 2 November 2nd.

Cart path only gave us some excrercise.

Driving through barn cool.

Course layout far outweighs noise especially for what we paid.

Not the friendliest girl in clubhouse wife said, no biggie

Great course try it

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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u000001597479
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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TPMeehan
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Excellent Fall golfing

The course was in great shape. Kudos to staff and management for course maintenance.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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elking111
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Marcg83
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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u820362146
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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elking111
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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u240765863
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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SCOTTPROY
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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David9635734
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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revcat
Played On
Reviews 84
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Great round

We were pleasantly surprised at how nice the course...it was a great day for golf after a one hour rain delay...staff really did a good job of letting us know what was going on...great conditions and good pace of play

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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TreyValdez1998
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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kdiskind
Played On
Reviews 14
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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u692771486
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great Course

We had a great time playing Blackthorn course was in real nice shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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David9635734
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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u818876455
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Slow Day

The course was cart path only for whatever reason, pace of play was extremely slow. I suggest checking before your round and walking the course if it's cart path only. The condition was very good and the price was from GolfNow, very fair.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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u9564705
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good value

Got a great value. But the pace of play they expect is crazy. I'm an average golfer, but 3 hours and 55 minutes for a round is absurd. Otherwise, great course

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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u000008196084
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course! Excellent value

The course layout is interesting and challenging. It is beautifully maintained and has outstanding natural beauty. The carts and GPS are in great condition as well. I had to take a star off for pace of play as the round took about four hours and 40 minutes but to be fair, I did play on a Saturday afternoon (inexperienced golfers in front of us). This is the best public course in the are . I like Warren at Notre Dame as well but this one is better and usually less expensive

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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crusader23
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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u314160614164
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course… except the bunkers

Course is fantastic! Greens are huge, well maintained & true. Fairways were in great condition. Only criticism is that bunkers weren’t maintained. No way to even play the ball down in them with all of the debris & footprints

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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